title: Concepts in the financial management of hospital social work departments.
abstract: Concepts in the financial management of social work departments such as the utilization of cost-benefit as a way of thinking, the identification of funding sources for the department, and development of an understanding of budgetary practices are explored. Examples are offered of revenue production in in-patient and ambulatory care programs. Ideas about the contribution of social work to a hospital in an organized matrix structure are discussed. Social work can become a revenue rather than expense center by translating key functions into financial management terms.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005376:Financial Management; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics*